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JAMES DAVID KURTOWICZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1944 – June 10, 1969
Service recordJames David Kurtowicz, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 14
- JAMES ARTHUR KRUSEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- ANDREW ALAN KUHNLance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- CRAIG ALLEN NEWELLPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.